Red-capped Bolete / Aspen Bolete

Leccinum aurantiacum

Deciduous, mixed, grassy forests, only under aspens. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies large, fleshy. Cap grows up to 30 cm across, fibrous, orange-red, brownish-red, yellowish-red. Tubes whitish, grey; pores whitish, in old ones greenish, brownish-grey. Stem 3-20x3-6 cm, white, covered with greyish-brown, later blackish-brown scales and fibrils. Characteristic features: flesh white, quickly turning greyish-bluish, greyish-violet, greenish-brownish, blackish when cut or broken, with a pleasant smell and taste. Grows in deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests, only under aspens. Edible, very valuable.